Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-03-13
VIRGINIA SUMMARY.
AN OUTLINE or tbs REPORT or GEN.
IRAL JOHN 0. IssoDEN.
Railroad. Bulldog and Commerce Of This
State Products and Re.
sources, Ac., &c.

yolume of "lntCrnai commerce Oh the
United States, 1886" (Which covers
Virginia. North Carolina. South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sisSppi, Louisialia. Tennessee, and
kutucky, ) occupies 2l3pagcs. Colonel
W. +. SWitzlcr, chief Of the Bureau OF
Statistics 81 the United states Treasury
Department, under whose direction the
work is Published. in ms preface 10 it
gives synopsis Of each States report,
and the following is what he says about
the Old dominion
Virginia is one Of the Oldest States
IN The Union. and, IN tdc order OF the
, publications % the reports IN the ap-
pcudix. The first claiming attention IN
tLis snnlvA. The report IL made by
). d. Imicdon. Of Richmond Is much
more elaborate than either Of the others,
md will be found very able, interest
iug. and valuable.
RAILg HISTORY or TRANSFORMATIONS IN
VIRGINIA.
This is a most instructive and ex-
hausiive paper. historical IN style and
character. and will attract wide atten-
lion. That portion OF II devoted 80
"the old James River Company and
the James River and Kauawha Com
pany, l78i-lSO0," brings to view in @
compcnaious form, and rescues from
comparative oblivion, many interesting
historical facts connected with the in
aupuration of wagOn-rOad, canal, and
roilNay transportation facilities In Vir-
ainia. Joseph Darlington Cabcll and
Claudius Crozet, respectively, being
distinguished as the champions Of
the canal and railway systems Fol
lowing this il "1hc frstTdiEay era in
Virginia, l630-1eGu," in which it is
shown that the railroad mileage in Nir-
pinia I'm 1850 was 1850, and that the
cost OF the entire system was 80, OOO,-
coo; average cost per mile, SD, 300.
"Ihe second railroad era, lSl0-l381,
affords striking evidence OF the mar
yelous rccuperatiSc Cucrgic OF tine pcO-
pile of Virginia III the construction OF
additional, better, AID cheaper means
Of transportation. These evidences ar
the more remarkable in view OF the
dcsolatiors Of tine civil war, grieyous
eponoh certainly everywhere III the
south. tout perhaps in Virginia more
widceprcad and destructive than III any
other Statc-th report stating that
Vr,atleend came oIr horsos aad cattle,
ot,t fcrcine aud hull iiuet over large districts
VIZ rlt r.Yr our TANKS were all tnsolVent,
,,..- industries an destroyed, our hcids grow
i,r ur in weeds AMI briara. Our heeutuul
ctf.ttI ufr iu a-h's, oar ir"ple blt hat clHi,
~ ..rtrf.i, I'D tho iHhiimsnts OF mourning
- q. o. Cover the youth 10 iho lana VINO nlleu
.IaiD-- rffea, 60 Wh.th nearly every mousse
hold liI made l.a cniribti.Dn. We htu no
rfsy uct. arI noting .hat W0nid com
r..,. Il i.if fi~ --arred C1I farroNcd acres OF
ne 4..l,at,s toTmOnW gnith, II perchhn'e
rtI. -rra .lHUid como s,nns from boyouI
tci tDtd.rsl. quest n homes anil 40 much
Wte au4 drFrs ihN'n.
Under conditions so discouragIng the
marvellous changes winch have been
wrought attest the wonderful energy
and ludomit,ble pluck OF a regenerated
s.n,Acrn lie. The tables published IN
tbs connection show that ON December
-. 1855. the railroad mileage Of the
State had increased TO ,, 430, as against
1850 miles in 1860, being a gain since
1860 Of ] $50 milcs--an increase of 80
per ccnt.-at a cost of 80, 900 per mile
The tables which exhibit the capital
stock and cot of the roads, their fund
ed and floating delt, freight Character
and amouts) and passenger traffic,
earnings and expenses, &c., Will attract
special attention. Following these are
]. -. L.. fufl oMa lygTg
al the mileage, tonnage, and business
Of each road. an exhibit prepared with
Great care and with much fullncss and
clcarness OF detail. The States losses
in railroads and otherwise are also
given.
RA1LPOAD-BTLD1NG IL VIRGINIA SUN
WARIzEr
hr,qIcr II Atlcs 81 Rdi,road IN Operation in
Vjro,nta during he Icars 1910, 1850, 1850, 1870,
-'''' "'' Mies
1880. ~
lNH. '''' if,'S
4tJ
49,
Tie steady growth Of railroad trafic is shown
~ the Railroad Commissioners report OF
Nun bsr = 7oas Horcd one me- on AZ he Viz
Gini1 Rdily0Gds
Tons.
1870 cd. 792 q26, 267
1854 ~, o. ~
ltt5 ''s''
Net Earnings Il AU Me Virginia Railroads
1884 1851 ,0G1 On
tes4 4SD.1i0 e
1858 f,o~li"of %
PEINCIPAL MARKETS.
Richmond, Lynchburg, Norfolk and
Portsmouth, Petersburg, Danyille, and
Alexandria are the chief commercial
and manufacturing centres of Virginia.
Statistical information i'll regard to
them. much Of which was never before
collected or published, is submitted in
elaborate and very valuable forms Of
statement, and in which is disclosed the
tradp m fohaccO. lumber. oysters, &c. {;